Trever Nicholas
I am a cross disciplinary visual artist who is interested in perceived experience as interpreted through our senses. I create objects of wonder by accentuating commonplace objects, memories, and situations. I am interested in elements of science, aspects of desire, and our body’s physical relationship to objects, architecture, and the surrounding environment.
My artwork opens opportunities for people to touch, hear, smell and see the objects and installations I create. I am curious about personal and cultural differences as they relate to our visceral understandings of beauty, disgust, and oddity. My artwork often presents an innocent playfulness, yet maintains an awkward conversation about fetish and commodity.
RESUME |
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EDUCATION |
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| 2004 | MFA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
| 2001 | BA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
EXHIBITIONS (Solo shows marked by asterisk) |
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| 2007 | Hungarian Multicultural Center, Balatonfured, Hungary |
| Galla 2007, Franconia, Minnesota | |
| *Play, Touch and Remember, The Medicine Factory, Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 2006 | Incidental, Curated by Michael Fallon, Gallery Co, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Ever More, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota | |
| Projekt30 Gallery, April, www.projekt30.com | |
| 2005 | Viridian Artist XVI Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Robert Rosenblum: Curator Guggenheim Museum, Curators Choice Award, New York, New York |
| 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York | |
| *The Transformation of Matter, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |
| A-List, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| *Sphericity, Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Untitled 4, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Projekt30 Gallery, February, www.projekt30.com | |
| 2004 | *Plastic Atmosphere, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Box Fresh, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Fetishspheres, Atelier31, Seattle Washington | |
| Untitled 3, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Refresh, Regis Center for the Arts, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2003 | Systemaddicts, Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota |
| Mandatory, Kohls Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Visible Fringe, Thomas Barry Gallery Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 2002 | All At One Point, Minnetonka Art Center, Minnetonka, Minnesota |
| *Footprints, Oasis Art Gallery, Marquette, Michigan | |
| 2001 | *Visual Rhythm, Mezzanine gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Artists Among Us, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
AWARDS |
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| 2007 | The Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park Artist in Residence |
| The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation International Travel Grant for Creative Research | |
| 2005 | The Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship, Anderson Center Artist in Residence |
| Jurors choice (Juror-Robert Rosenblum) Awarded two person show for winter 2005, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, New York | |
| Soo Visual Art Center, Best of Show, Juried exhibition Untitled 4 | |
| 2004 | The Jerome Foundation Artist Grant, Franklin Art Works |
RESIDENCIES |
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| 2008 | Sculpture Space, Utica, New York |
| 2007 | Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota |
| Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 2005 | Anderson Center, Red Wing, Minnesota, July |
WEBSITES/SLIDE REGISTERS |
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| www.mnartists.org/trever_nicholas | |
| The Irving Sandler Artists File, www.artistsspace.org | |
| www.projekt30.com, Featured artist February | |
| The Drawing Center, New York, New York | |